Chrome Dino Run vs Tide Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chrome Dino Run
Experience an endless desert adventure with a dinosaur, jumping over cacti to achieve high scores. This 8-bit game offers classic graphics and fun challenges.
- Jump and run gameplay
- Avoid cacti obstacles
- Infinite desert environment
- High score challenges
- Five different dino skins
- Night Mode
- Flying dinos
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Jump and run in the desert with the dinosaur which hates cacti! An 8-bit game comes for the people who love old-school styled graphics, with a dinosaur at an infinite desert. Your goal is to avoid cacti. Each time you jump onto a cactus, you get one point. Claim that you are the best at this game and show your skills to your friends by doing the highest score! - Five Different Dino Skins are active. - Night Mode and flying dinos are active.
Tide Shift
Control the ocean's tide to keep your boat afloat amidst storms, mines, and caves. Enjoy handcrafted levels, an endless mode, and custom level creation tools. Personalize your experience with unlockable skins and share your creations with friends.
- Tide control mechanics
- Campaign and Endless modes
- Custom level builder
- Unlockable boat skins
- Power-ups and combos
- Game Center leaderboards
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You don't steer the boat. You control the ocean. In Tide Shift, drag up and down to raise and lower the tide, keep your boat riding the surface, and survive chaotic waters filled with storms, mines, caves, power-ups, and more. Play handcrafted campaign levels, chase 3-star times, test yourself in Endless Mode, or choose the Expert path for tougher challenges. Create your own boat skins with the Skin Builder, design custom levels with the Level Builder, and share your creations with friends. FEATURES • Basic and Expert paths • Handcrafted campaign levels • Endless Mode • Custom skin and level builders • Shareable custom creations • Unlockable boat skins and secret levels • Power-ups, combos, dash boosts, and tilt controls • Game Center leaderboards and achievements • Live Activities, Dynamic Island, and widgets NO ADS. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. EVER. Tide Shift is free to play. Some skins are available to purchase. That’s it — no ads, no subscriptions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tide Shift at 100% against Chrome Dino Run's 53%. Tide Shift also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Chrome Dino Run's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 13) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.2). On price, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Chrome Dino Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tide Shift asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tide Shift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chrome Dino Run has 3K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Chrome Dino Run's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tide Shift's.
Chrome Dino Run ships an update every 3 months, Tide Shift every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chrome Dino Run | Tide Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (3K ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ebubekir Yanik | Online Mars LLC |
Customer experience
Chrome Dino Run
Tide Shift
Bugs and requests
Chrome Dino Run
Reported bugs
3 issues- Dino dies even when not touching cacti
- Game freezes and crashes frequently
- Inconsistent and delayed jump registration
Requested features
4 requests- Add more Dino characters and abilities
- Improve jump height and distance
- Reduce difficulty of 4 cacti jumps
- Implement a mute/volume control option
Tide Shift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chrome Dino Run
- Party Dino Character$1.99
Tide Shift
No in-app purchases
Questions
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